The Most Important Thing You Have Learned on This Forum

[olemissbabydoc]

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apply early

And early is May/June NOT August/Sept.

 

[katarzyna]

1) Ppl with 36 Mcats and 3.8 gpas still like to ask "what are my chances?"
2) Affirmative Action threads serve no purpose
3) I suck

That is very true. Except of course the "I suck" part that you type. I don't know you obviously.

I'm new to this forum but I've noticed some people post things that are not that necessary to fish for compliments and boost ego??? hehe

 

[Bartelby]

Apply early.

 

[shmrshines]

Apply early.

I second that. I've seen people with really awesome stats get burned because the applied late in the cycle and vice versa.

 

[dienekes88]

Writing a letter of intent can help.

 

[87138]

Don't panic.

Well played.

 

[SaveThisLabRat]

That this whole time I've been a pre-med in pre-pharm clothing. I actually want to work with dead people, not pills.

Oh, the wasted posts in those pharmacy threads! How I'll never get them back *earth shatters*

 

[Monkey House]

One is not meant to talk about SDN outside of SDN!

 

[Phillykid162]

1. Some interviewers will grill you without mercy.

2.Getting into Med School can be a pretty random, albeit expensive, process.

3. *101 ways not to be a d-bag pre-med*

4. Community College credits are not the end of the world. (Hooray search button)

5. Dermatology is one of the most competitive specialties. (Yep... I was clueless)

6. Medical Students hate PBL.

 

[mq123]

2.Getting into Med School can be a pretty random, albeit expensive, process.

True that👍

Also, that time between submitting AMCAS and going to Second Look Weeks passes by really fast, thanks to SDN and its neurotic pre-med contributors 😀

 

[olemissbabydoc]

a lot of other people hate organic chemistry as much as I do... and some hate it even more.

 

[172858]

While I could never become addicted to drugs or alcohol, SDN is a totally different monster all together...

 

[OZman]

that I'm no where near as competitive that I thought i was and that people on SDN are a good representation of the people I am competing with.

 

[fireflygirl]

that there are some great posters here that have been really nice and encouraging and that it's important to give that same level of respect and encouragement back to others as they apply.

 

[AKu2984]

1. Applying to medical school is torture...but at least I'm not the only "torturee"

2. There are a WIDE variety of people that apply to medical school (people with very different personalities and such)

3. Life will not end as we know it if you don't get in the first time you apply

4. For every non-encouraging, d-bag SDN poster, there is at least 1 nice, friendly poster that wants to help others...which is a relief 👍

5. NEVER take anything on SDN too seriously...if you do, you'll die young

6. YAY for boobies!!! 😀

 

[moe_4eva]

The biggest thing I've learned from these forums is that there are, in fact, stupid questions, as well as stupid answers (I've been a perpetrator of both 😀).

 

[the donkey]

that being confident and only applying to your two state schools is a great way to be reminded of that old fashioned childhood feeling of getting kicked in the junk...twice

 

[tdsbird2]

that i am only defined by my MCAT score

and that a 31 is a horrible worthless score that couldn't even get me into a foreign DO vet school

 

[Leiflet]

1) That I got very very lucky to get in with 3.0 uGPA. I used to think
that B was a respectable grade. Oh, the memories of those
sweet, innocent days. Ignorance really was bliss.

2) That my graduate work mattered about as much as what size crap the ADCOM chair had before they reviewed my app.

 

[EpiPEN]

Rule #1: You do not talk about SDN
Rule #2: You do NOT talk about SDN
Rule #3: If this is your first visit, you have to post

 

[xeulee]

apply early, in May/June

 

[AlphaQTPi]

That it's all pretty much a crapshoot anyway

 

[riceman04]

What is the single most important thing you have gleaned from this forum?

dont trust people you don't know or people who are applying who do know to read ANY of your application essays!!!!!!!!!!

 

[flaahless]

1. Anonymity can be a vector for hatred.

2. A lot of people have my back and most SDNers are pretty damn awesome.

3. This process can bring out the worst in people.

4. Nontrads are very supportive and down to earth.

5. Calling someone a dirtbag will get me put on probation.

6. Premeds are very cynnical, and you gotta believe in yourself in order to succeed.

 

[olemissbabydoc]

we're all a bunch of addicts, and sdn is our drug.

 

[riceman04]

we're all a bunch of addicts, and sdn is our drug.

well then I'm gonna have to switch b/c it is not strong enough!!!!

 

[pride4jc727]

It has taught me to not get so angry with inappropriate post because there is no one to take it out on, unless of course it's on SDN and then you can take consolation in alerting the mods about such activity. Other than that, I learned a lot about the med school process as well, even more than what my pre-med advisor can tell me.